EVENT INFORMATION

26
September
1752

The slave ship Economie departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Haiti.

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📅 26 September 1752 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Economie; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 281.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Wailch, A; Captain: Bauman, François. The voyage began at Nantes on 26 September 1752. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Loango (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cayes (Les). Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 65 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 18.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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